Shortlist 08

Shortlist 08

Below are the thirty shortlisted entries for the Iris Prize 2008.

All the short films will be screened during the Iris Prize Festival, which will take place in Cardiff, Wales (UK) from October 2nd - 4th. The full festival programme will be announced on Friday, August 22nd. The winner of the prize will be announced during the closing night award ceremony which will take place at Cineworld, Cardiff on Saturday, October 4th.

40 Square Metres
Dir: Eva Thron/ Germany/ 15 mins

Bend It
Dir: Jules Nurrish/ UK/ 3 mins

Congratulations Daisy Graham
Dir: Cassandra Nicolaou/ Canada/ 15mins

Centre of the Universe
Dir: Jarrah Gurrie/ Australia/ Malaysia/ USA/ 14mins

Countertransference
Dir: Madeleine Olnek/ USA/ 15mins

Cowboy
Dir: Till Kleinert/ Germany/ 35mins

Dinx
Dir: Trevor Anderson/ Canada/ 13mins

Daddy
Dir: Sidney Karger/ USA/ 8mins

Every Other Weekend
Dir: Tim Slade/ Australia/ 14mins

For a Relationship
Dir: Jim Verburg/ Canada/ 4mins

Gevald
Dir: Netali Baron/ Israel/ 17mins

Happenstance
Dir: Joyce Draganosky/ USA/ 7mins

I'm Jin Young
Dir: Lee Sung-eun/ Korea/ 19 minutes

James
Dir: Conor Clements/ Ireland/ 21mins

Lost Night
Dir: Chris Loizou/ UK/ 14mins

Man
Dir: Myna Joseph/ USA/ 15mins

Members Only
Dir: Carolina Roca-Smith/ USA/ 10mins

Morning Suits
Dir: Helena Mitchell/ UK/ 6mins

My Last Ten Hours with You
Dir: Sophie Hyde/ Australia/ 15mins

Rock Pockets
Dir: Trevor Anderson/ Canada/ 5mins

Silver Road
Dir: Bill Taylor/ Canada/ 13mins

Silvester Home Run
Dir: Sebastian Bieniek/ Germany/ 13,mins

Sweat
Dir: John Lochland/ UK/ 15mins

The Back Room
Dir: Greg Ivan Smith/ USA/ 16mins

The Vicious and the Delicious
Dir: Tonnette Stanford/ Australia/ 12mins

The Young and Evil
Dir: Julian Breece/ USA/ 15mins

Tryout
Dir: Nimrod Rinot/ Israel/ 17mins

Who I Am
Dir: Jesse Peretz/ USA/ 17mins

Wrestling
Dir: Grimur Hakonarson/ Iceland/ 20mins

You, Me and Him
Dir: Daniel Ribeiro/ Brazil/ 18mins